Fence



(No Model.)

H. BUCK.

FENCE.

No. 579,950. Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BUCK, OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,950, dated April 6,1897.

Application filed February 1, 1897. Serial No. 621,505. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY BUCK, a citizen of the United States, residingatNorth Manchester, in the county of IVabash and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wire-fence stays; and it has forits general object to provide a stay so constructed that it may bequickly and easily secured upon the several wires of a wire fence andone which is adapted to hold the runners rigid, so as to prevent thepassage of small stock below the lowermost one and which is adapted topermit of one wire being tightened without disturbing the others.

lVith the foregoing in view the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claim when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which- 7 Figure l is a perspective View of aportion of a fence equipped with my improved stay. Fig. 2 is an enlargedperspective view of a portion of the stay with the lips of the wirereceiving apertures open, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the samewith the lips closed.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A B O D E indicate the severalrunners of a wire fence, the runners A O E being, respectively, formedof two or more twisted strands of wire, and the runners B D beingsinglestrand runners, as shown.

F indicates my improved stay, and G indi cates a flexible stay, which,in some cases, is employed in conjunction with the stay F.

The stay F is formed of sheet metal and is of an approximate acute-angleshape in crosssection, and it is provided in its portions 1) with alinedpairs of wire-receivin g apertures c, and is also provided with slits d,which extend from the apertures c to the vertical edges of theportions 1) and form the lips 6. (Better shown in Fig. 2.) These lips eare spread apart at the time of manufacture, as shown in Fig. 2, andconsequently it will be seen that when the stay is used it is simplynecessary to insert the runners of a fence between the lips and into theapertures c and then close the said lips 6, when the stay will of itselfbe securely fastened upon the runners. The lips 6 may be very quicklyand easily closed with a pair of pincers or similar implement, andconsequently it will be seen that the stay may be quickly placed andsecured upon the runners of a fence.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings my improved stay is shown as of a length toreceive the three lower runners A B O of a fence, the flexible stay G,which may be of the construction shown or of any other suitableconstruction, being connected at its lower end to the runner 0betweenthe portions Z) of the stay and being connected at its upper endto the crownrunner E between the strands thereof. In virtue of the stayG being connected to the crown-runner E in the manner stated it isadapted to hold the stay F against movement along the runners, andconsequently the runners A 0 might be single-strand runners, like therunner B, so as to permit of any one of the three being tightenedthrough the stay F without moving said stay or disturbing the other two.

lVhen desired, the stays F may be made of such a length as to extend thefull height of a fence between a bottom runner, as A, and acrown-runner, as O, and may be provided with any desired number of pairsof apertures c to loosely receive intermediate singlestrand runners, asC. In this use of the stay the portions of the strands of the runners A0 between the portions 12 of the stays are spread apart, as indicated byf, so as to hold the stay against movement along the runners. Theintermediate runners B, however, are free to be drawn through theapertures c of the stay, and consequently one of said runners B may betightened without moving the stay or rendering the other single-strandrunners taut or loose. The stay F may also be made short when desiredand several of them may be flexibly connected together to form a stayfor a fence.

From the foregoing it will be observed that my improved stay is adaptedto hold the several runners of a wire fence rigid, so as to prevent thepassage of small stock below the lowermost one, and yet permit of anyone of the single-strand runners being tightened without disturbing theothers or moving the stay along the runners. It will also be appreciatedthat with all of its advantages my improved stay may be produced quiteas cheaply as the ordinary sheet-metal stay.

I would further have it understood that when desired my invention may beembodied in fence-posts, that is to say, the post maybe formed of sheetmetal in a manner similar to the stay F. Single-strand wires may also beused with a kink pressed in them to prevent the stay F at either endfrom moving along the wire runners in place of the twisted wires andhold the ends of the stay F.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In a fence, asheet-metal fence-stay of angular form in cross-section having the por-In testimony whereof I affix my signature 30 in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY BUCK.

Witnesses:

JOHN ISENBARGER, T. J. J OHN.

